General Gaming thread

stickyfiddle

The OLED Switch is really great. Obviously not so important if you only want to play docked, but much nicer than the regular one for handheld

joneve

stickyfiddle said:

The OLED Switch is really great. Obviously not so important if you only want to play docked, but much nicer than the regular one for handheld

I suspect (only having one TV in the house), that in the short term at least, it'll be handheld with headphones for most of my gameplay (whilst the wife watches some guff on tv) - so this is encouraging! 

westford

Teardown is quite fun

Sporky

I liked Teardown until it was all silly-short time limits.

Starfield had a 17Gb update last night (adding DLSS and so on) so I started A Little To The Left, which is lovely. Just arranging things.

Also Lady BMcH got me the Back To The Future DLC for Power Washer Simulator, which us jolly decent of her as she hates the noise. But the core game is on Xbox whatsit and it's her account. 

Rkphilpot

Did the Starfield update fix the crimson fleet quest bug does anybody know?
I stopped playing aaaages ago and have recently been playing fallout 4 again, remembering how much better than Starfield it is

TheMarlin

I have never played my Switch docked. 

Oh, that’s a lie, once on holiday with the kids playing Switxh sports, 

99.9% of my Switch time is spent in handheld mode. 

New switch is out next year, should be somewhere between PS4 and PS5 in power, and much easier to develop for. More PC like architecture. 

RaymondLin

TheMarlin said:

I have never played my Switch docked. 

Oh, that’s a lie, once on holiday with the kids playing Switxh sports, 

99.9% of my Switch time is spent in handheld mode. 

New switch is out next year, should be somewhere between PS4 and PS5 in power, and much easier to develop for. More PC like architecture. 

Hmmmm, that would be good, now that the Steam Deck has shown you can do it well....i mean even if they do a similar chip to the Steamdeck it would be amazing level of IQ on hand.  

The price might be an issue...seeing the cheapest Steamdeck with Valve's resources still cost £400 for a base one.

TheMarlin

They just updated the steam deck, added a bigger HDD, better power management, and bigger battery 

RaymondLin

TheMarlin said:

They just updated the steam deck, added a bigger HDD, better power management, and bigger battery 

I know....I almost bought one lol

(I know the OLED base one is like £479, so it is quite a jump from the price of the Switch or any or the Nintendo consoles in the last decade)

TeleMaster

Yea I was seriously considering it but looked up the prices of used 512GB Decks on eBay and you're lucky to get £300 for it so I thought nah. If there was a performance increase I might have gone for it.

This could mean that a real upgrade will be out in 18 months or so. 

TeleMaster

Spiderman 2 was an absolute and utter epic. Very good. 

RedRabbit

I think I've pretty much finished Starfield's main quest line.  While I accept it's not up to Skyrim/Fallout standards I've still enjoyed it up to this point.  I'm now thoroughly annoyed with the last mission though - the requirement to have a specific upgrade on your ship is maddening. 

As far as I can tell, if I want to finish the game I've got to grind enough levels to increase my ship-building skill so I can either upgrade the grav drive on my main ship or seriously upgrade the weapons on my ship that can actually make the jump already.

joneve

TheMarlin said:

I have never played my Switch docked. 

Oh, that’s a lie, once on holiday with the kids playing Switxh sports, 

99.9% of my Switch time is spent in handheld mode. 

New switch is out next year, should be somewhere between PS4 and PS5 in power, and much easier to develop for. More PC like architecture. 

Oh FFS. 

guitargeek62

I think I’m out of the Nintendo ecosystem. 

I barely use my Switch; the games don’t interest me as much on there generally, and if there’s a cross-gen option then I’ll pick the PS4/5 version instead for the performance. I’m intrigued by Sony’s new handheld thingy, but I would weigh it up against a Steamdeck if I do decide I want that format too.

TheMarlin

guitargeek62 said:

I think I’m out of the Nintendo ecosystem. 

I barely use my Switch; the games don’t interest me as much on there generally, and if there’s a cross-gen option then I’ll pick the PS4/5 version instead for the performance. I’m intrigued by Sony’s new handheld thingy, but I would weigh it up against a Steamdeck if I do decide I want that format too.

Nintendo make beautiful games.  

TeleMaster

TheMarlin said:

guitargeek62 said:

I think I’m out of the Nintendo ecosystem. 

I barely use my Switch; the games don’t interest me as much on there generally, and if there’s a cross-gen option then I’ll pick the PS4/5 version instead for the performance. I’m intrigued by Sony’s new handheld thingy, but I would weigh it up against a Steamdeck if I do decide I want that format too.

Nintendo make beautiful games.  

Yea. I was a bit disappointed with the latest Zelda, but if you like building mad shit out of mad shit you will have a great time. 

beed84

joneve said:

TheMarlin said:

I have never played my Switch docked. 

Oh, that’s a lie, once on holiday with the kids playing Switxh sports, 

99.9% of my Switch time is spent in handheld mode. 

New switch is out next year, should be somewhere between PS4 and PS5 in power, and much easier to develop for. More PC like architecture. 

Oh FFS. 

If the rumours that it can play Matrix Awakens at PS5 level are true, then FFS indeed.

Sporky

TeleMaster said:

Yea. I was a bit disappointed with the latest Zelda, but if you like building mad shit out of mad shit you will have a great time. 

I resemble that comment! 

Dannic

Tried the new Ps5 software update with the added  Dolby Atmos feature. Not sure how it works on all my games but I’ve got an Atmos capable tv so noticed the benefit on at least sniper elite 5 and sniper contracts 2. 

Adds spacial sounds like rustling leaves and footsteps around the room which adds to the tension when creeping around. 

stickyfiddle

I've always loved Nintendo and still do. I don't enjoy everything they do, I think Mario Odyssey is the worst 3D Mario game in a very long time, but man when they get it right they're so far above everyone else it's not even funny. 

And Mario Kart & Smash Bros have jointly held the title of best real-world multiplayer games for 25 years now - noone else even tries to compete.